Got CNN on right now. It’s reporting that the selection is J.D. Vance.
Youngest vice president ever? I guess that’s also to counteract some age issues.
ETA: No, there were younger.
That leaves an open seat in the Senate in purple-ish Ohio
Does he have to resign that seat to run?
Purpleish? No chance unless you clone Sherrod.
Vance is smart, motivated, and a true believer authoritarian. He’s a good pick to help enact some of the worst possibilities of a Trump presidency. Has a good story (if you don’t look into how much he resents/hates poor people) too, which I suspect will help politically. Wish he made a crazier pick.
It doesn’t matter actually. The Governor will appoint a replacement.
No. He only needs to resign if he wins and becomes VP.
His wife is the daughter of immigrants from India. He was raised evangelical but converted to Catholicism.
Ok? What are you implying?
All in all, another meeting that could have been an e-mail.
Well, Oklahoma. And I think eastern Tennessee, like Knoxville.
~Max
Just now: Trump wins the Republican nomination.
Quelle surprise. Ugh, I’d like to complain to whomever is in charge of reality. It’s broken. I want a refund.
Trump met with RFK Jr. hours before the convention, trying to get him to drop out and endorse Trump, according to Politico. (RFK Jr. said no.)
That’s my take as well. Just watched the movie God & Country*, a scary exposé of how the Republican party has embraced Evil Christian Nationalism. Charlie Sykes was a major voice of reason… very Anti-Current Republican Party.
*Free with commercials on freevee
While standing in line to enter an event at the RNC today, I was assaulted by what appeared to be a member of the pro-Hamas group CODEPINK. A nearby police officer witnessed this assault and I understand they have been arrested.
This appears to be an incident of political violence and I will never tolerate this. Regardless of the severity of the violence, political violence is political violence.
Republicans have been intimidated and targeted for years including the attempted assassination of President Trump and we will no longer standby and allow lawlessness.
There is no place for political violence in this country and I have repeatedly called for people who choose this path to be prosecuted to the greatest extent of the law.
Nothing will change until these people are held accountable.
CODEPINK’s Palestine Organizer Nour has been wrongfully arrested at the RNC after Rep. Derrick Van Orden shoved past her and accused her of “assault.” While peacefully waiting in line to enter the event, Nour, a visibly Palestinian woman, was intentionally bumped into by this bald, white member of Congress while he tried to shove past her. Despite not reacting to this, Nour was falsely accused of “assault” by a Texas State police officer on the scene and we are told she will be taken to a Milwaukee Police Department. No charges have been filed as of this release. Notably, two other CODEPINK staff members ahead of her in line passed through without any issues, raising concerns of racial profiling. It is a microcosm of the misogyny at the RNC that the more gentle non-violent woman, the only Palestinian in line with our group is assaulted and then even when she did not respond she was the one who was arrested. CODEPINK unequivocally states that no one from our organization assaulted anyone. We attended the RNC to deliver a message of peace and disarmament, adhering strictly to non-violent protest methods.
A Reichstag fire is a terrible thing to waste
I didn’t see- has Santos shown up?
My best friend in high school wanted to replicate Hunter S. Thompson’s experience by watching the entire Republican convention while tripping on acid. That was in 1984, and the idea had no appeal to me then. Now…I can’t even imagine.